I'm looking at buying a turbo'd 1.6 Miata and have done a lot of reading of old posts and the stickies, but I want to make sure that I'm not missing anything as this car will be my daily driver and I'll need it to be reliable for my delivery job.

The problems: "Needs alignment, Idle is high because the car needs driven for the computer to learn since I had it disconnected."
"I recently bypassed the intercooler and went strait to the TB in a makeshift way because I was having an erratic idle. After doing so the idle is steady but needs some miles to relearn everything.

The guy seems to be pretty honest and seems to know what he's doing but I thought I should ask people who know more then me about turbo'd Miatas before going ahead with the deal.

Nothing special. Much better deals out there. Heck, look at some of the cars in the FS section on here. Computers don't just "forget" their tune. ***** wrong. I'd be weary of the manifold for cracking as well.

I'm looking at buying a turbo'd 1.6 Miata and have done a lot of reading of old posts and the stickies, but I want to make sure that I'm not missing anything as this car will be my daily driver and I'll need it to be reliable for my delivery job.

The problems: "Needs alignment, Idle is high because the car needs driven for the computer to learn since I had it disconnected."
"I recently bypassed the intercooler and went strait to the TB in a makeshift way because I was having an erratic idle. After doing so the idle is steady but needs some miles to relearn everything. (WHAT, praytell, needs some miles to "relearn everything"?)

The guy seems to be pretty honest and seems to know what he's doing but I thought I should ask people who know more then me about turbo'd Miatas before going ahead with the deal.

Thanks for the offer but I'm looking for something for less then 4K, looks good though.

I'm in the market for a Pagani Zonda, only willing to spend $2500 though.

Buy a nice clean stock Miata and save up for a good turbo setup - you won't find a well-assembled turbo car for $4k. Good cars with very little supporting modification start at ~6k, and cars that have been thoroughly massaged are closer to $10k.

I'm in the market for a Pagani Zonda, only willing to spend $2500 though.

Buy a nice clean stock Miata and save up for a good turbo setup - you won't find a well-assembled turbo car for $4k. Good cars with very little supporting modification start at ~6k, and cars that have been thoroughly massaged are closer to $10k.

I wasn't really looking for a turbo car but a guy offed to trade so I thought I'd look into it at least.

That's fairly similar to my old set up and it has been super reliable for a long time now. However, this dude saying a stock ECU needs to "relearn" how to run? Makes no sense. If you can get it for cheap, go for it because it can be reliable if run at low boost but you'll be looking at putting money into it.